Kings win second Stanley Cup title in three seasons

LOS ANGELES | Alec Martinez scored 14:43 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Friday night.

Marian Gaborik scored a tying power-play goal with 12:04 left in regulation for the resilient Kings, who rallied from yet another deficit before finishing off the Rangers in the longest game in franchise history.

Jonathan Quick made 28 saves, and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Justin Williams scored an early goal as Los Angeles added a second title to its 2012 championship, the first in the franchise’s 47-year history.

After innumerable late chances for both teams in two nail-biting extra periods, Martinez popped home a rebound of Tyler Toffoli’s shot.

Martinez is becoming a late-game playoff legend after also scoring in overtime in Game 7 against Chicago in the Western Conference finals.

Chris Kreider scored a power-play goal, and Brian Boyle added a tiebreaking short-handed goal late in the second period for the Rangers, who showed no nerves while facing elimination for the sixth time this spring.

Lundqvist stopped 48 shots in another standout performance for the Eastern Conference champions, but the Rangers repeatedly came up one goal short against the Kings despite their goalie’s brilliance.

Martinez started the final rush with a pass to Kyle Clifford, who dropped it to Toffoli for a shot.

The rebound went straight to Martinez, and the depth defenseman buried it for his fifth goal of the postseason.

“Fortunately, the rebound came to me, and I was able to put it in,” Martinez said. “The New York Rangers are a hell of a hockey team. We knew it was going to be a tough series.”

The Kings gathered for a huge group hug near the Rangers’ net.

Coach Darryl Sutter nonchalantly walked onto the ice with almost no celebration.

Both teams had tantalizing scoring chances in overtime, but couldn’t convert.

Ryan McDonagh hit Quick’s post with a long shot during an early power play.

Toffoli rang a shot off Lundqvist’s post with 7:15 left, and the Kings trapped New York in its own end for an exhausting stretch late in the period.

Kreider got a breakaway in the final minute after Drew Doughty fell down, but he missed the net.

A few minutes after Carter’s tip shot hit Lundqvist’s post early in the second overtime, the Rangers put a tipped slap shot off Quick’s post during their second fruitless overtime power play.

Rick Nash had an open net moments later, but Slava Voynov deflected the shot just high with the shaft of his stick.

In stark contrast to their rampage through the playoffs two years ago, the Kings earned this Cup with an incredible degree of difficulty.

Game 5 was the Kings’ 26th playoff game of the spring, matching the NHL record for the longest postseason run.